Blue-cheeked bee-eater, Merops persicus Blue-tailed bee-eater, Merops philippinus European bee-eater, Merops apiaster Chestnut-headed bee-eater, Merops leschenaulti Cuckoos and malkohas Pied cuckoo Chestnut-winged cuckoo Large hawk-cuckoo Common hawk-cuckoo Indian cuckoo Eurasian cuckoo, Cuculus canorus Lesser cuckoo Banded bay cuckoo Grey-bellied cuckoo Drongo cuckoo Asian koel Green-billed malkoha Blue-faced malkoha Sirkeer malkoha Coucals, parrots and parakeets Greater coucal Lesser coucal Vernal hanging parrot Alexandrine parakeet Rose-ringed parakeet Plum-headed parakeet Malabar parakeet Swifts Indian swiftlet White-rumped needletail Brown-backed needletail Asian palm swift Alpine swift Common swift Blyth's swift House swift Crested treeswift Owls Barn owl Grass owl Oriental bay owl Pallid scops owl Oriental scops owl Collared scops owl Jungle owlet Spotted owlet Forest owlet Eurasian eagle owl Spot-bellied eagle owl Dusky eagle owl Brown fish owl Mottled wood owl Brown wood owl Brown hawk-owl Short-eared owl Frogmouth and nightjars Sri Lanka frogmouth Great eared nightjar Grey nightjar Large-tailed nightjar Jerdon's nightjar Indian nightjar Savanna nightjar Pigeons and doves Rock pigeon Nilgiri wood pigeon Pale-capped pigeon Oriental turtle dove Laughing dove Spotted dove Red collared dove Eurasian collared dove Emerald dove Orange-breasted green pigeon Grey-fronted green pigeon Yellow-footed green pigeon Green imperial pigeon Mountain imperial pigeon Bustards and cranes Indian bustard Lesser florican Sarus crane Demoiselle crane Common crane Crakes and rails Slaty-legged crake Slaty-breasted rail Water rail Brown crake White-breasted waterhen Baillon's crake Ruddy-breasted crake Spotted crake Watercock Grey-headed swamphen Common moorhen Common coot Sandgrouse Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse Painted sandgrouse Woodcock, snipes and painted-snipe Eurasian woodcock Wood snipe Pintail snipe Swinhoe's snipe Common snipe Jack snipe Greater painted-snipe Godwits, curlews, and Tringa sandpipers Black-tailed godwit Bar-tailed godwit Whimbrel Eurasian curlew Spotted redshank Common redshank Marsh sandpiper Common greenshank Green sandpiper Wood sandpiper Terek sandpiper Common sandpiper Ruddy turnstone Asian dowitcher Great knot Red knot Sanderling and stints Sanderling Little stint Red-necked stint Temminck's stint Long-toed stint Dunlin Curlew sandpiper Spoon-billed sandpiper Broad-billed sandpiper Ruff Red-necked phalarope Jacanas and large waders Pheasant-tailed jacana Bronze-winged jacana Eurasian thick-knee Great thick-knee Eurasian oystercatcher Black-winged stilt Pied avocet Crab-plover Plovers Pacific golden plover Grey plover Common ringed plover Little ringed plover Kentish plover Lesser sand plover Greater sand plover Lapwings, coursers and pratincoles Yellow-wattled lapwing River lapwing Red-wattled lapwing Sociable lapwing White-tailed lapwing Grey-headed lapwing Jerdon's courser Indian courser Oriental pratincole Small pratincole Jaegers and gulls Pomarine jaeger Parasitic jaeger Sooty gull Heuglin's gull Caspian gull Pallas's gull Brown-headed gull Black-headed gull Slender-billed gull Indian skimmer Terns